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August Visual Poetry Prompt

Posted by Bartholomew Barker ⋅ August 4, 2025 ⋅ 16 Comments

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About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.

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16 thoughts on “August Visual Poetry Prompt”

Unplugging from the Matrix – Are We Too Late?

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Posted by DanielleM | August 4, 2025, 8:58 AM

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- Nice work. Thanks for sharing, Danielle!
  
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  Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 4, 2025, 8:13 PM
  
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Dimwit

My darling, you’re
the dimming bulb,
the Humpty that fell
on its Dumpty,
the three-pronged plug
in a world of two-slot sockets.
But you have other
assets I adore.
I’ll take you out to dinner
at a fancy restaurant,
as long as you promise
not to talk.

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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | August 4, 2025, 5:15 PM

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- Ha! Been there. Done that. Thanks for sharing, Nolcha!
  
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  Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 4, 2025, 8:22 PM
  
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  - 😁😁😁
    
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    Posted by crazy4yarn2 | August 5, 2025, 8:56 AM
- Hahahahahahaha good one 👍
  
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  Posted by Cassa Bassa | August 7, 2025, 6:04 PM
  
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  - Glad you enjoyed, Cassa!
    
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    Posted by crazy4yarn2 | August 7, 2025, 7:55 PM
Great visual Bartholomew 😃https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/august-visual-poetry-prompt/

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Posted by poetisatinta | August 5, 2025, 9:41 AM

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- Great limerick. Thanks for sharing!
  
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  Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 5, 2025, 8:51 PM
  
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  - Thanks 😀
    
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    Posted by poetisatinta | August 6, 2025, 3:34 AM
I need to recharge
but the lightbulb idea
has already gone.

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Posted by Sunra Rainz | August 9, 2025, 10:47 AM

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- Ha! Nice one. I’ve felt that before. Thanks for sharing, Sunny!
  
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  Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 9, 2025, 2:11 PM
  
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